Industrial Economics

Author: Li Yue
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: The graduate-level textbook Industrial Economics is structured into five parts and thirty-six chapters, excluding the preface and introduction of the second edition. Part I: Macro Theory, including six chapters on economic growth theory and trends, speed and structure, quality and efficiency, technological progress and innovation, factor allocation and quality improvement, and investment scale and investment structure, as well as industrial economic sustainability. Part II: Development Patterns, including ten chapters on the main laws of industrial economic development, the development patterns of the three industrial sectors, civil industry and defense industry, the new industrialization path, the selection and transfer of key industries, the development of high-tech industries, the transformation of traditional industries, the structure of mining and processing industries, and the revitalization of old industrial bases, as well as environmental protection and the environmental protection industry. Part III: Industrial Structure, including twelve chapters on structural theory and trends, structural analysis methods, new trends and upgrading directions of industrial structure, rationalization standards and methodologies of industrial structure, basic industries and pillar industries, the internal structure and development trends of secondary industries, the internal structure and development trends of the tertiary industry, the circulation industry, commercial retailing, the tourism industry, the development and adjustment of rural enterprises, and the elderly industry. Part IV: Industrial Organization, including six chapters on industrial organization theory and trends, industrial concentration and concentration levels, specialization and collaboration, enterprise scale and scale structure, economic alliances and corporate groups, and enterprise internationalization and multinational corporations. Part V: Mechanism Conditions, including two chapters on market mechanisms and macro control, and enterprise transformation and institutionalization. This manuscript is a culmination of the 47 years of teaching and research achievements in industrial economics by the chief editor, reflecting the contributions of the co-authors from their years of teaching and research. It also draws on and incorporates the cutting-edge research findings published by domestic and international scholars in the field. The second edition was authored by eleven economics Ph.D.s, including nine professors and two corporate CEOs, with three of them being doctoral supervisors.